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of the sublimate, or the sulphuret of mercury may be sub- 

 stituted. The use of arsenic has also been attended with good 

 success, but the author has been more fortunate with the 

 muriate of baryta in half-drachm doses, than with any other 

 preparation in use. All the tumors should be opened, and 

 caustic carefully applied to each ; sulphate of copper, nitrate 

 of silver, the per-manganate of potash, or the red-hot iron, are 

 the best applications. The following ointment should be 

 rubbed along the corded vessels once a day ; blue ointment, 

 two ounces; hydriodate of potash, two drachms; lard, two 

 ounces ; mix well. Or, the red oxide of mercury, two drachms 

 to the ounce of lard is very good. 



SCARLET FEVER. 



This disease, otherwise called scarlatina, has too frequently 

 been confounded with farcy, notwithstanding the two diseases 

 present very different symptoms. It is easily managed, yield- 

 ing readily to medical treatment. 



For several days previous to any very noticeable symptoms 

 being manifest, the animal is off his feed, dull and mopy, with 

 mouth hot and dry ; slight or copious discharges from the 

 nose, mixed with blood ; the Schneiderian membrane highly 

 colored, and presenting numerous scarlet blotches, irregular 

 in form, and containing a thin, reddish fluid ; these blotches 

 sometimes present a pustular appearance, but upon passing 

 the finger over them, nothing of that character can be dis- 

 covered ; the whole body is covered with similar spots, which 

 sometimes require close examination to discover them ; in 

 other cases, little pustules are formed, which break, and dis- 



